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1975 Omaha Barnstormers

Record: 98-64
Finish: 1st in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 697
Runs Allowed: 576
Exp W-L: 95-67

Ballpark: The Bard
Attendance: 2,984,950
Manager: Dan Kotaska

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-64, 4th in the Johnson League
AA: 71-67, 4th in the Johnson League
A: 63-75, 11th in the Johnson League

Postseason Results:
Lost JL Cartwright Cup 3-4 to Washington Bobwhites
Won Doubleday Series 3-1 over Marquette Suns

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
1B	Bob Oberdorsten	28	160	556	91	184	17	1	18	67	0	0	62	46	.331	.419	.462	.881	103.9	27.7	2.6
SS	Ricky Kulou	34	148	590	67	151	23	7	6	65	7	2	37	85	.256	.302	.349	.652	61.8	9.6	5.4
LF	*Floyd Jackson	33	147	575	90	182	26	17	27	98	32	24	45	120	.317	.368	.562	.930	105.4	26.9	5.6
CF	#Kelvin McLish	29	154	512	64	115	26	7	17	75	22	14	51	158	.225	.305	.402	.708	62.4	9.6	7.5
2B	Kevin Cisler	30	143	476	51	83	12	5	12	48	2	1	26	83	.174	.245	.296	.541	34.6	0.0	6.4
RF	#Tony Boyer	31	140	444	72	128	22	8	8	44	15	8	39	84	.288	.354	.428	.781	68.4	15.9	3.4
3B	*Pepper Volkov	32	130	397	43	105	18	2	16	56	2	5	32	105	.264	.317	.441	.758	56.6	11.2	4.0
RF	Phil Austin	37	108	312	38	88	16	0	7	36	1	0	27	55	.282	.337	.401	.738	40.6	8.4	2.8
C	Marvin James	35	92	280	28	64	15	1	9	34	0	0	13	68	.229	.264	.386	.650	27.6	3.5	3.6
C	Blast McBearett	33	63	231	29	59	9	1	14	45	0	0	13	32	.255	.297	.485	.782	31.8	6.3	2.6
3B	Reginald Willsey	36	92	215	34	55	8	3	12	31	2	0	14	51	.256	.306	.488	.795	33.6	7.0	1.6
2B	Pete Maneri	27	47	146	21	31	7	0	7	18	1	0	12	30	.212	.270	.404	.675	15.4	1.9	2.1
RF	#Frances Jumper	32	74	114	21	22	4	2	1	14	8	2	9	27	.193	.258	.289	.547	10.8	0.8	0.9
C	#Alvin Payson	32	38	113	8	29	2	3	2	10	1	1	8	24	.257	.317	.381	.698	13.2	2.5	1.4
P	*Ace Holder	27	35	95	4	16	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	.168	.186	.211	.396	2.2	0.0	0.0
P	Jerome Winter	35	33	84	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	33	.083	.105	.083	.188	-2.8	0.0	0.0
P	Corey Aubrey	24	34	63	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	27	.143	.182	.143	.325	0.8	0.0	0.0
P	Don Wilson	29	31	64	3	18	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	.281	.292	.281	.574	5.1	0.3	0.0
C	Hal Lukas	32	23	58	3	13	3	0	1	8	1	0	5	10	.224	.286	.328	.613	5.9	0.9	0.5
2B	Carl Mrozek	31	16	54	7	14	2	1	0	4	0	1	4	14	.259	.322	.333	.655	5.3	0.9	1.0
RF	*Juan Dupre	34	35	36	3	12	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	9	.333	.368	.500	.868	5.5	1.4	0.1
P	David Feingold	36	13	28	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	16	.107	.219	.179	.397	1.0	0.0	0.0
P	*Mark Lynch	26	16	28	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	14	.107	.167	.179	.345	0.5	0.0	0.0
P	*Pete Bucher	28	8	20	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	11	.100	.143	.250	.393	0.7	0.0	0.0
P	*Henry Mitcher	27	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.9	0.0	0.0
CF	*Brett Jones	31	11	8	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	.375	.444	.750	1.194	2.3	0.6	0.0
P	#Jethro Wilbury	29	61	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	0.6	0.3	0.0
P	David Hunter	29	50	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Ken Samuel	29	46	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	0.7	0.3	0.0
P	Meat Poplowski	31	71	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Ernie Nabaro	31	67	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Terence Stansbury	35	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	31.0	2118	5522	698	1398	216	59	161	681	94	58	416	1148	.253	.313	.401	.714	692.2	135.8	51.4
	Rank among 12 JL teams			6	6	4	11	2	2	5	9	9	12	5	4	7	4	4	5
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
*Ace Holder	27	22	7	.759	35	35	0	271.3	207	76	23	83	239	2.52	23.4
Jerome Winter	35	14	12	.538	33	33	0	237.7	196	78	28	68	211	2.95	14.3
Corey Aubrey	24	21	9	.700	34	34	0	208.7	169	71	18	59	238	3.06	15.7
Don Wilson	29	11	12	.478	31	27	0	189.0	180	81	28	105	115	3.86	7.9
David Feingold	36	4	3	.571	13	13	0	86.7	82	40	13	23	31	4.15	2.5
*Mark Lynch	26	1	6	.143	16	16	0	85.7	86	53	8	33	69	5.57	0.0
Meat Poplowski	31	10	5	.667	71	0	45	72.3	50	25	6	29	80	3.11	14.0
Jethro Wilbury	29	7	1	.875	61	0	1	71.7	63	25	7	4	49	3.14	6.5
Ernie Nabaro	31	4	4	.500	67	0	2	62.7	39	16	5	13	50	2.30	8.3
David Hunter	29	3	1	.750	50	0	1	61.3	75	24	4	16	35	3.52	3.1
*Pete Bucher	28	4	1	.800	8	8	0	58.3	55	25	7	30	36	3.86	2.8
*Ken Samuel	29	1	1	.500	46	0	1	51.7	48	15	4	23	25	2.61	4.2
*Terence Stansbury	35	0	0	.000	27	0	2	27.3	15	4	1	10	28	1.32	3.9
*Henry Mitcher	27	0	3	.000	5	4	0	25.3	43	18	3	4	15	6.40	0.0
Team Totals	29.7	102	65	.611	497	170	52	1509.6	1308	551	155	500	1221	3.28	106.7
Rank among 12 JL teams				2	3	1	2	2	5	7	4	6	4	2
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.990	31.7
B.McBearett	496.4	57	60	369	29	3	0	.993	28.6
M.James	494.0	57	62	445	36	2	1	.996	59.1
A.Payson	264.2	25	27	201	14	1	0	.995	39.1
B.Oberdorsten	78.7	9	9	54	1	1	0	.982	0.0
H.Lukas	77.0	8	12	69	4	1	0	.986	57.1
Team Total	1410.3	156	170	1138	84	8	1	.993	41.0
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	9.79
B.Oberdorsten	1232.7	136	148	1196	87	7	100	.995	9.37
M.James	163.7	20	20	180	14	3	15	.985	10.67
H.Lukas	49.0	6	6	34	5	0	5	1.000	7.16
B.McBearett	2.8	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.000	6.43
Team Total	1448.1	162	174	1412	106	10	120	.993	9.43
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	4.86
K.Cisler	1175.3	131	139	230	356	7	77	.988	4.49
P.Maneri	280.2	33	35	55	104	6	23	.964	5.11
C.Mrozek	108.4	8	10	31	39	2	11	.972	5.81
R.Willsey	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.25
R.Kulou	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1572.9	172	187	316	501	15	111	.982	4.67
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.953	2.61
P.Volkov	972.3	106	122	59	232	17	19	.945	2.69
R.Willsey	478.0	56	62	34	87	5	14	.960	2.28
F.Jumper	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1451.3	162	185	93	319	22	33	.949	2.55
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.972	4.19
R.Kulou	1258.3	142	145	173	393	12	74	.979	4.05
P.Maneri	54.1	6	6	6	17	0	3	1.000	3.83
C.Mrozek	24.1	2	2	3	7	1	2	.909	3.73
K.Cisler	9.0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1.000	5.00
P.Austin	7.3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.23
Team Total	1352.9	150	155	184	421	13	79	.979	4.02
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	1.97
F.Jackson	1288.3	144	147	288	9	0	2	1.000	2.07
P.Austin	97.0	11	13	23	1	1	0	.960	2.23
T.Boyer	45.0	6	6	7	0	1	0	.875	1.40
F.Jumper	20.0	1	6	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.35
K.McLish	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1451.3	162	173	321	10	2	2	.994	2.05

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	2.60
K.McLish	1228.0	135	152	379	5	2	3	.995	2.81
F.Jumper	217.0	27	28	50	0	0	0	1.000	2.07
T.Boyer	6.3	0	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	4.27
Team Total	1451.3	162	181	432	5	2	3	.995	2.71
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	2.01
T.Boyer	865.7	100	110	168	14	5	3	.973	1.89
P.Austin	553.3	61	79	130	2	3	0	.978	2.15
F.Jumper	19.3	0	12	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.47
J.Dupre	11.0	1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	3.27
Team Total	1449.3	162	205	302	17	8	3	.976	1.98
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	1.84
A.Holder	271.3	35	35	17	32	2	4	.961	1.63
J.Winter	237.7	33	33	15	48	0	2	1.000	2.39
C.Aubrey	208.7	34	34	6	21	1	2	.964	1.16
D.Wilson	189.0	27	31	16	39	2	1	.965	2.62
D.Feingold	86.7	13	13	6	9	1	1	.938	1.56
M.Lynch	85.7	16	16	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.37
M.Poplowski	72.3	0	71	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.37
J.Wilbury	71.7	0	61	2	13	0	0	1.000	1.88
E.Nabaro	62.7	0	67	1	15	0	0	1.000	2.30
D.Hunter	61.3	0	50	3	8	1	0	.917	1.61
P.Bucher	58.3	8	8	3	8	1	1	.917	1.70
K.Samuel	51.7	0	46	3	6	0	1	1.000	1.57
T.Stansbury	27.3	0	27	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.63
H.Mitcher	25.3	4	5	4	3	0	0	1.000	2.49
Team Total	1509.6	170	497	84	226	8	12	.975	1.85

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Oberdorsten	.331
On-Base Pct	Oberdorsten	.419
Slugging Pct	Jackson	.562
OPS	Jackson	.930
XR	Jackson	105.4
Games	Oberdorsten	160
At-Bats	Kulou	590
Runs	Oberdorsten	91
Hits	Oberdorsten	184
Total Bases	Jackson	323
Singles	Oberdorsten	148
Doubles	Jackson, McLish	26
Triples	Jackson	17
Homeruns	Jackson	27
RBIs	Jackson	98
Stolen Bases	Jackson	32
Caught Stealing	Jackson	24
Walks	Oberdorsten	62
Strikeouts	McLish	158

ERA	Holder	2.52
Wins	Holder	22
Losses	Wilson, Winter	12
Winning Pct	Holder	.759
Saves	Poplowski	45
Games Pitched	Poplowski	71
Games Started	Holder	35
Complete Games	Holder	9
Shutouts	Aubrey, Holder, Winter	2
Innings Pitched	Holder	271.3
Hits Allowed	Holder	207
Homeruns Allowed	Wilson, Winter	28
Strikeouts	Holder	239
Walks Allowed	Wilson	105
Walks per 9IP	Aubrey	2.5
Hits per 9IP	Holder	6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP	Aubrey	10.3
WHiP	Holder	1.07
OAVG	Holder	.210
OOBP	Aubrey	.278
OSLG	Holder	.333
OOPS	Holder	.613

Team All-Stars

Ace Holder

Bob Oberdorsten

Meat Poplowski

Player Salaries
Ace Holder	$ 10,000,000
Jerome Winter	$ 7,800,000
Meat Poplowski	$ 6,500,000
Floyd Jackson	$ 5,990,000
Bob Oberdorsten	$ 5,900,000
Terence Stansbury	$ 5,152,000
Ernie Nabaro	$ 3,990,000
Don Wilson	$ 3,840,000
Ricky Kulou	$ 3,352,000
Phil Austin	$ 3,352,000
Kelvin McLish	$ 3,190,000
Kevin Cisler	$ 2,990,000
Blast McBearett	$ 2,990,000
Jethro Wilbury	$ 2,790,000
Pete Maneri	$ 2,500,000
Tony Boyer	$ 2,000,000
Marvin James	$ 1,914,000
Pepper Volkov	$ 1,600,000
Ken Samuel	$ 714,000
Chuck Hornberg	$ 562,000
David Hunter	$ 495,000
Corey Aubrey	$ 357,000
Frances Jumper	$ 300,000
Brett Jones	$ 300,000
Reginald Willsey	$ 300,000
Mark Lynch	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/5		Juan Galarza		Stephan Capasso
6/11		Samuel Ortiz		Chuck Hornberg Carl Mrozek Rudolph Lehoux
6/21		Francis Szabo Pete Bucher David Feingold Juan Dupre Alvin Payson		Terence Stansbury Blast Mcbearett
7/1		Carl Mrozek George Mcbob		Pete Maneri
7/21		Jesse Williams Brendon Yagi Stephan Capasso Nicholas Sunday		Paul Mulford Richard Vitiello